Strategies
Drama Adds Up to Literacy with CBRT
Do you want to integrate drama into your classroom in a simple but highly effective way?
Social Emotional Learning
In a time when schools are facing issues with bullying, poverty, and intense expectations, social emotional learning is more important than ever. As a tool for making meaning and communication, the arts can have a profound impact on the social emotional health of our students. In this section, you'll find resources and tips for integrating SEL with the Arts in your own classroom. Want more? Explore our online SEL and the Arts course for 25 PD hours.
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Approaches
Earn Some Extra Cash for your Class
Have no fear! Your ideas don't have to be shuttered - there are fantastic new ways that you can get the artful funding you need to pay for the projects.
Approaches
How Rich Are You?
There are some easy ways we can all discover our true wealth management measure and invest in strategies that will bring us even more richness.
Organization
Mantras for Sanity
"Baby steps” combined with “keep it simple” have proved to be useful mantras when my enthusiasm overrides my reason and human limitations.
Organization
Who Exactly Does the Integrating?
WHO exactly does the integrating? arts integration lesson is one where the content and fine arts standards are being taught and assessed equitably.
Assessment
Write Like an Artist!
Have you tried using artist statements as assessments in your classroom?
Curriculum
The Performing Arts of Early Childhood
Early Childhood Curriculum Terms Map, which connects terms found in the Pre-K and Kindergarten Curriculum with natural connections to the performing arts.
Strategies
The Shape of Cause and Effect
Discover how this cause and effect activity integrates the arts into curriculum.
Educator PD
Attention to Detail
I was working with a team of elementary teachers to develop a series of arts integrated writing activities that would provide students a targeted practice.
Educator PD
Preparing Students for Changing Careers
Career-based education in the next few years, as more stakeholders begin to realize that we are no longer preparing students for a single, lifelong job.
Resources
The Integrated Educator’s Tweet and Pin Guidebook
We've developed a tweet and pin guidebook for educators as our Free Friday tool this week.
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